Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA- Businesswoman Kareema Muncey is calling on the Jamaican government to make a no-discrimination a policy at work and at school to protect the rights of Muslim women. Muncey, the chief executive officer of Home Choice Enterprises Limited, lamented the fact that Muslim women are ostracized for wearing a hijab or head covering in public. Their […]
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Avellon Williams HONG KONG (AP) — “Do not kiss your pets.” This comes following the discovery of approximately 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, which will be destroyed after some of the animals tested positive for Coronavirus at a pet store where an employee also contracted the disease. Officials from the Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department also announced […]
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Avellon Williams PORT –OF- SPAIN, TRINIDAD – Queen’s Park Savannah Trinidad spiraled into chaos after thousands of protesters rallied against the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. This prompted more than a dozen arrests and dozens of protesters tear-gassed by riot squads. At the “Push Back” demonstration, hundreds rallied around Queen’s Park Savannah against Prime Minister […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD – “I Have A Dream” is one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most popular speeches. This speech fought against racism, poverty, and oppression. African American Baptist minister and activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the civil rights movement in the United States for nearly two decades before he was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel […]
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Avellon Williams HISTORY OF CUAJINICUILAPA, MEXICO- Despite the fact that people of African descent have made significant contributions to Mexican history and culture, their contributions have not been taught or widely recognized. You can find out about them by visiting Cuajinicuilapa: said to be one of the blacklist towns in Mexico. Mexico’s statistics institute estimated the Afro-Mexican […]
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Avellon Williams HARARE– Zimbabwean inventor Maxwell Chikumbutso has taken the first steps into the future of technology by developing a cordless television with the capability to power 2 x 100W bulbs to illuminate rooms with no electricity. Rural dwellers with no access to main power lines have viewed the innovation as inclusive. With the help […]
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Avellon Williams QUEBEC, CANADA- As a result of the father’s lack of vaccination against COVID-19, a Canadian judge temporarily suspended his right to see his child in Quebec. Canadian newspaper Le Devoir reported on Dec. 23 that Superior Court Judge Jean-Sébastien Vaillancourt ruled that contact with the child’s father was not in the child’s best interest “if […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — With the assassination of Haiti’s former president Jovenel Moise and the country’s descent into chaos, Prime Minister Ariel Henry took control of the government and was tasked with bringing the killers to justice and healing the country. Evidence has now emerged suggesting Henry did maintain communications with a suspect – and that they remained in close […]
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Avellon Williams LONDON- On Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s lockdown in the wake of 2020’s Coronavirus outbreak , saying there are things his government “did not get right.” Politicians and members of the public are fuming over Johnson’s staff’s and his administration’s violation of pandemic restrictions by socializing when […]
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Avellon Williams DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — Authorities apprehended Rodolphe “Whiskey” Jaar, an alleged convicted drug trafficker and former DEA informant while attempting to cross the border from Haiti on Friday. Haitian and Dominican officials confirmed. After spending months hiding in Haiti, Jaar, a Haitian national, tried crossing into the Dominican Republic on Friday after allegedly being a part of the assassination […]
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